Zimbabwe raises prices for wheat and corn flour

Prices for wheat and corn flour are significantly increased in Zimbabwe in the face of reduced imports due to the crisis in Ukraine. This was announced on Saturday by the South African radio station Es-hey-bi-si. The Zimbabwe Grain Producers Association has announced a 15% increase in prices for wheat and corn flour, she said. In turn, the Association of Millers of Zimbabwe reported that the country is experiencing interruptions in the supply of wheat from Russia. Zimbabwe annually buys significant volumes of wheat from the Russian Federation. Thus, in the first ten months of this year, Zimbabwe planned to receive 155,000 tons of wheat from Russia under contracts already signed. Products made from corn flour are now the main consumer product of the inhabitants of this African country. According to the World Food Program, which is part of the UN structure, as of March 2022, 1.6 million people, or a third of the country's total population, were on the verge of starvation in ...